HIMSS buys CapSite for comparative pricing info
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) acquired CapSite, a healthcare technology and consulting organization based in Burlington, Vt., effective Oct. 1.
The CapSite Database provides pricing data on vendor products and services to include proposals (with actual documents) and final negotiated contract pricing. The current database offers more than 5,000 contracts across 160 categories representing 1,600 vendors with analysis of interest to chief information officers and primary buyers of information systems, products and services, as well as supply chain and acquisition executives.
The investment in CapSite follows the society's strategy for HIMSS Analytics to provide market intelligence on the hardware, software and services selected by CIOs and other users of IT, H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS president and CEO, said in a statement. “We will maintain the CapSite office in Burlington, Vt., with CapSite employees joining the HIMSS roster as part of the HIMSS Analytics team."
The current HIMSS Analytics data do not include comparative pricing information that CIOs and other buyers of health IT data often need, and the CapSite database offers that pricing information, said HIMSS.
In addition, HIMSS Analytics will now offer voice-of-customer consulting services through research, information often sought out by both healthcare providers and vendors.
The CapSite Database provides pricing data on vendor products and services to include proposals (with actual documents) and final negotiated contract pricing. The current database offers more than 5,000 contracts across 160 categories representing 1,600 vendors with analysis of interest to chief information officers and primary buyers of information systems, products and services, as well as supply chain and acquisition executives.
The investment in CapSite follows the society's strategy for HIMSS Analytics to provide market intelligence on the hardware, software and services selected by CIOs and other users of IT, H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS president and CEO, said in a statement. “We will maintain the CapSite office in Burlington, Vt., with CapSite employees joining the HIMSS roster as part of the HIMSS Analytics team."
The current HIMSS Analytics data do not include comparative pricing information that CIOs and other buyers of health IT data often need, and the CapSite database offers that pricing information, said HIMSS.
In addition, HIMSS Analytics will now offer voice-of-customer consulting services through research, information often sought out by both healthcare providers and vendors.